2022-01-26 - New Jersey - Online - The AJ Meerwald and New Jersey's Oyster Industry

The AJ Meerwald and NJ's Oyster Industry                                                                      1/17/22 Public Presentation via Zoom The AJ Meerwald and New Jersey's Oyster Industry  by Rachel Rogers Dolhanczyk, MA. Wednesday January 26th, 2022 at 7:30pm via a ZOOM Meeting

Important: Access to this presentation will be by REGISTERING HERE This is to prevent outsiders from interrupting the presentation. Thank you for your understanding.  On Wednesday late afternoon, 1/26/22, look out for an email containing the ZOOM link to the meeting.

Rachel Dolhanczyk of the Bayshore Center at Bivalve will share highlights from the new book that charts the history of New Jersey's Delaware Bay oysters and the historic ship that carries the industry's traditions today.  The A J Meerwald is a restored Delaware Bay new style schooner that was built to dredge oysters under sail but saw a lifetime of change. She served the US Coast Guard during World War II, returned to oystering under power for 10 years, was converted to dredge clams and then was left to rot in Maryland before being saved in 1986 by John Gandy and the Bayshore Center at Bivalve. And the A J Meerwald is the NJ State Ship! You can order the book, The AJ Meerwald and New Jersey's Oyster Industry, HERE

About the Authors Rachel Rodgers Dolhanczyk, MA, has been the museum curator at the Bayshore Center at Bivalve’s Delaware Bay Museum since 2010. She found her way to the water and has worked in the history field for over twenty years along New Jersey’s waterfronts and the Chesapeake Bay. Dolhanczyk has a BA in history from Wheaton College (Massachusetts) and an MA in museum education from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.  Constance L. McCart, EdD, is a graduate of Rowan and Temple Universities. A highlight of the eleven years spent as an onboard educator with the A.J. Meerwald was sailing in the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race. Volunteering on the A.J. was the motivation for this book.

This program is supported by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities

Navesink Maritime Heritage Association Navesink Maritime Heritage Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving knowledge and appreciation of Monmouth County's maritime heritage through programs that teach wooden boat building and the boat handling skills; through preserving the history of Monmouth County's wooden boat builders and rich maritime history; and through experiential on-the-water programs of River Rangers for middle school children and Sea Scout Ship Navesink for coed youth age 14-21.  Contact email: myhumphreys@gmail.com